The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan – Week 4

The Heathen Homemaker’s Weekly Meal Plan 08/09/15

Last week was a try-not-to-have-leftovers sort of week. This is a busy week-before-school-starts sort of week so I want to keep it super, super simple.

This week

Sunday– On the road. We’ll be on the way home from a weekend in the mountains. We planned and packed to make our own meals during the trip but also planned to have a Wendy’s dinner on way home. Balance.Monday– Leftover spaghetti, rolls, saladTuesday– slow cooker: Basil Chicken with Feta, brown rice, salad, roasted broccoliWednesday– slow cooker: creamy corn and spinach enchiladas[1], refried beans from a can (for shame!)Thursday– lemon rosemary chicken [2], Trader Joe’s Country Potatoes with Haricots Verts & Wild Mushrooms, saladFriday – Ropa vieja, rice, black beans, saladSaturday– Hodge Podge night!

[1] I have some leftover taco meat that I’ll use, but I think it would be better with shredded chicken or pork.

[2] I’ll cook chicken breasts this way, layering lemon slices and fresh rosemary over the chicken once it’s been turned.

Actual: Yup. And it definitely took me an hour and a half to make. But it was good!

Monday

Planned: Chicken sort-of caprese [2] (inspired by The Frugal South’s meal plan from last week), zucchini, noodles or pasta of some sort

Actual: Yes! I didn’t use the zucchini though. They are definitely going to go bad before I use them. Ugh.

Tuesday

Planned: Spaghetti & meatballs, salad, broccoli

Actual: A majorly stressful event happened this day so I called my husband and told him to bring home whatever and that I was way too stressed out to eat. He brought home burgers from Wendy’s for himself and the kids.

Wednesday

Planned: Chicken curry from the freezer, naan, rice, spinach

Actual: We had enough leftovers hanging around the house to have a hodge podge night instead.

Thursday

Planned: Major cookout. Probably hot dogs, baked beans, slaw, etc.

Actual: We had about 20 people for the cookout. I made some lemonade to go with it and we had watermelon, and chips to round things out. It was great fun and there was very little clean up.

Friday

Planned: Tacos at our rental house (I’ll cook and prep stuff ahead, then reheat everything at the rental house)

Actual: This worked out great. We ate the taco stuff over tortilla chips, so it was a really easy meal to throw together as soon as we arrived.

Saturday

Planned: Mac & cheese at the rental (made ahead and then cooked at the rental), salad

Actual: I decided at the last minute to make spaghetti, so I didn’t have to make the mac & cheese ahead.

Do you ever plan to cook while you’re on a trip? (as opposed to a vacation — there is definitely a difference) Let me know in the comments!